Show honor president woodruff THE deseret news announces that president woodruffs birthday which falls this year on the monday march ast 1st will be fittingly commemorated on sunday feb 28 1897 by the sunday schools in salt lake under the auspices of the deseret sunday school union at a meeting of the union the following were appointed a committee on arrango ment prea geo Q cannon elders george teasdale george reynolds george goddard and r C giggs it will be observed hat on this committee aro represented the first presidency the council of apostles the first council of seventies and the body of high priests the purpose says the deseret news is to have the sunday schools and children in this city and vicinity convene in the large tabernacle on the sunday preceding president woodruffs birthday this will be on february the children are to engage in suitable exercises of songs etc while president woodruff is to give an address upon the occasion which is to be one of general rejoicing and congratulation THE is of the opinion shafe the celebration should be made a little more general than just salt lake city and vicinity ity it ought to be throughout the entire length and breadth of utah president woodruff is a remarkable old man and a day devoted to his life in the sunday schools would be a good lesson for the children for it would also include the rich pioneer history of this young commonwealth we at least commend to the sunday schoola of this city some program in common such as was rendered about christmas time on the life of christ but let this be commemorative of the early church history some few dialogues and recitations would give the children an object lesson long to be remembered |